linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] PCI/AER: don't call recovery process for correctable errors

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Date:   Wed, 15 Nov 2017 09:46:42 -0500
From:   Tyler Baicar <tbaicar@...eaurora.org>
To:     Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>
Cc:     bhelgaas@...gle.com, jonathan.derrick@...el.com,
        keith.busch@...el.com, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PCI/AER: don't call recovery process for correctable
 errors

On 10/2/2017 7:19 PM, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 11:09:44AM -0600, Tyler Baicar wrote:
>> Correctable errors do not need any software intervention, so
>> avoid calling into the software recovery process for correctable
>> errors.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tyler Baicar <tbaicar@...eaurora.org>
>> ---
>>   drivers/pci/pcie/aer/aerdrv_core.c | 3 ++-
>>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/pci/pcie/aer/aerdrv_core.c b/drivers/pci/pcie/aer/aerdrv_core.c
>> index b1303b3..4765c11 100644
>> --- a/drivers/pci/pcie/aer/aerdrv_core.c
>> +++ b/drivers/pci/pcie/aer/aerdrv_core.c
>> @@ -626,7 +626,8 @@ static void aer_recover_work_func(struct work_struct *work)
>>   			continue;
>>   		}
>>   		cper_print_aer(pdev, entry.severity, entry.regs);
>> -		do_recovery(pdev, entry.severity);
>> +		if (entry.severity != AER_CORRECTABLE)
>> +			do_recovery(pdev, entry.severity);
> I think this is fine, and it mirrors what is done in
> handle_error_source().
>
Hello,

Will this patch be pulled into 4.15?

Thanks,
Tyler

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